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  I Let Him Go

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD

  I sit in front of him On the floor. The moon is waxing The stars are falling And I'm making wishes as they fall. Every love song on the radio Seems like it was meant for him. And then I wish that I could sing Something beautiful for him. I wish he knew how much I love him. ...
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  You Are Me, and I Am You

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD

  I have loved him for so long, And I have waited for the distance to be undone, For my love to be returned, and my heart to be won. Keep me. Safeguard me. Please never do hurt me. I'm a fragile one. I am here now, my darling To lovingly confess That you are my only That you ar...
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  Memories, Oh Memories

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD

  Stare out the window, At the October leaves, And sweet surrender Of September, Of my heart and laugh and dreams. Memories, oh memories A journey ‘cross the endless seas. Memories, oh memories How dare you leave me in such need. Oh look a rose; it sprouts in snow I am the rose. I am ...
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  Empty of Love

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD

  The emptiness of love: Like a star that will not shine, Like a rose that will not bloom, Like a voice that will not speak; Behold the heart that cannot feel....
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  A Lover's Plea

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD

  I have yet to fall into your arms; I have yet to stare into your eyes; I have yet to be yours. And at night I dream of telling you the truth; That to me you are everything, The reason why I’m blushing. Everything. The reason why I’m smiling. Everything. The reason why I’m writing ...
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  Mermaid Adolescence

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD

  I can’t breathe. I never can breathe. Not since my lungs Have turned into gills Not since my feet Have mended together. The water is not me. I am not the water. The faucet drips. It disrupts my silence. I think of singing But my voice is not the same. Instead of melodious ...
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  A Fairytale for the Quiet Boy

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD

  He’s the quiet boy In the crowd His hands in his pockets Pretty girls walk on by They notice his stare They wonder if he’ll come And talk to them But he only stares, Dreams the dreams that could be But probably shouldn’t be. He loves who doesn’t love him Gives his heart wrappe...
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  The Ghost of Love

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD

  You don’t see me. Before you You don’t hear me When I speak. You don’t taste me When we kiss I am a ghost to you The silence in the cracks A bitterness so cruel You do not see What I wish to be. You do not see My heart on my sleeve You do not hear The love I speak...
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  Time to Write my Own Fate

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD

  I wait for the leaves to fall For the snow to melt For the flowers to sprout For the summer to come Time is a powerful thing Not much can fight it But I will try, my dear, not to forget The moments we haven’t yet spent I will not let go of the possibilities Time is no enemy Time ca...
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  Dear Secret of my Heart,

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD

  I am embarrassed to admit, My secret desires, My hidden thoughts, The dreams stuffed under the pillow, The thoughts thrown back into the corners of my mind. Afraid to admit That truthfully I want you to want me And I want this feeling to grow. I want to show you happiness I want to sho...
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  The one who stole the poet's heart

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD

  My home resides in his heart Though he be far, love be our art And as I sleep, my hands dost creep And find their way to him in sleep Hold him down in hopes to keep His love for me, undying and sweet His voice steals ‘way my every breath May we be in union even after our death The heart ...
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  Goodbye

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD

  I thought you loved me But it was just a lie I thought you didn’t mean it When you said goodbye So I’ve walked all this way I’ve made it to your door You stand there and wonder Why I still come back for more Baby I can’t answer Perhaps I’m just a fool What has this love...
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  What should we do?

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD

  You’re a million miles away I’m sitting here alone When you walked away my heart broke like a bone Love is deathly It’s so cruel But when you’re nice to me Things seem to glow I probably should leave Should let it go But losing you hurts I can’t let you go So I will...
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  He is gone

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD

  There is a moment in life When the whole ground shakes Everything you’re standing on and around Starts to come loose. Your hopes and dreams start falling from the shelves. There’s screaming and yelling and chaos. You fall to your knees and huddle in a corner. You pray it’ll be over so...
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  The Art that Breathes Life

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD

  I watched her lean back against the orange bricks. The gray smoke from her cigarette curled around her; it gently pressed itself against her pale cheeks, softly tinted with pink and red. I yearned to touch her face in such a way, to press my fingers against her skin and upon her lips...I yearned mos...
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  Dear Deer

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD
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  A Crowned Wish

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD
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  Soaked in Fairytales

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD
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  Flower in the Dark

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD
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  The Way to Heaven

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD
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  The sun sets so the stars may bring dreams

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD
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  The hoofbeats of my lover's return

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD
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  Warm Embrace

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD
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  Holding grandma's hand

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD
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  Red Flower

  

  By cara_ruegg, Germantown, MD